On Thursday, Michael van Gerwen will meet Luke Littler in the Premier League of Darts. The duel is explosive – because of a recent statement by the Dutchman.
Michael van Gerwen will stand in front of a explosive quarter-final duel against Luke Littler on Thursday at the twelfth matchday of the Premier League of Darts in Liverpool (from 8 p.m. Live on TV and in the live stream). Finally, he caused a sensation and criticized the increased hype around the 18-year-old.
“Many show too much awe – that only helps him,” van Gerwen said at a media appointment of the PDC. In addition, there are only “two who are not afraid of him: I and Gerwyn Price.” The rest are “fanboys who would crawl in his butt”. A sharp announcement by the Dutchman, who once challenged the sizes like Phil Taylor as a child prodigy and celebrated great success early on.
Darts Premier League: van Gerwen is waiting for the day victory
And statements that Van Gerwen could fly around his ears should not win the match against his much younger competitor in the evening. Because at the last meeting of the two, Littler had the better end.
That was on March 20, when Van Gerwen and Littler dueled in the final of the 7th matchday, the youngster won 6: 4 – he also threw a 9 -darter. And anyway, van Gerwen is under significantly more pressure.
Littler leads the table comfortably with 30 points. Van Gerwen, on the other hand, is only in fifth place with 15 points and is the only player alongside Rob Cross who has not yet won a day.